OT: Rose torn ACL/MCL

[Fez Hammersticks]

Per Twitter Universe.

I hate seeing this. Hope he has a speedy recovery.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Now some beat writers are disputing this.

Fucking twitter. Sorry, Denny!

 

[Master Shake]

I doubt it's torn.

 

[HailBlazers]

Per Twitter Universe.

Love Hate that Universe.

Buuuumer for Rose, was pulling for Chi-town.

 

[ironcrotch]

DAMN, confirmed.

Bulls announce Derrick Rose tore his ACL and is out for the season.

Justice does not prevail.

 

[Master Shake]

....and I was wrong...

 

[SlyPokerDog]

And the Blazer knee jinx strikes again!

(We were within one ping pong ball of winning the first pick and the rights to draft him)

 

[julius]

That is a shame. I was rooting for the Bulls as an Eastern Conference team. Pretty much gives the Heat a direct line to the finals now.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

That is a shame. I was rooting for the Bulls as an Eastern Conference team. Pretty much gives the Heat a direct line to the finals now.

Injuries happen.

See today's Bulls game for example.

 

[julius]

Injuries happen.

See today's Bulls game for example.

See the last 5 years of Blazer games for example.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Wow, that sucks. I still say the Bulls win the first round series, but that's probably as far as they go.

 

[Sinobas]

I was hoping they'd knock off the Heat.....but the Bulls have won enough titles to last their fanbase about 200 years.

 

[Denny Crane]

Yeah, this really blows.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

This is a shot in the gut to Bulls fans.

Imagine going through this five times since 2007 -- that's been the life of a Blazer fan.

 

[Sinobas]

At least Rose will probably come back right? To compare it to what the Blazers have gone through, they'd need Rose to retire, then the'd need to draft a bust over a player who becomes the next Derrick Rose.

 

[Rhal]

At least Rose will probably come back right? To compare it to what the Blazers have gone through, they'd need Rose to retire, then the'd need to draft a bust over a player who becomes the next Derrick Rose.

Its not hard to feel sympathy when this happens to someones star but it defiantly makes me want to point out the bad luck the Blazers have had when it happens. Not a good thing, I think being a blazer fan has turned me into a one upper but instead of it being good one up its a very bad on up.

 

[crowTrobot]

bad luck for the NBA card market. might cost me $1000+ in lost profit

 

[KingSpeed]

bad luck for the NBA card market. might cost me $1000+ in lost profit

Explain

 

[crowTrobot]

Explain

I have an investment in a lot of Rose rookie cards
as well as unopened boxes that they can be pulled
from (2008), all of which will drop in value to some
extent due to the serious injury. It's not unlike the
stock market.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

According to Woj -- Shumpert with torn ACL in left knee.

 

[KingSpeed]

I have an investment in a lot of Rose rookie cards
as well as unopened boxes that they can be pulled
from (2008), all of which will drop in value to some
extent due to the serious injury. It's not unlike the
stock market.

Interesting.

 

[BBert]

At least Rose will probably come back right? To compare it to what the Blazers have gone through, they'd need Rose to retire, then the'd need to draft a bust over a player who becomes the next Derrick Rose.

They'll need him to gimp along for three years first. And the bust 'once in a generation' player needs to have surgeries for like five years in a row and play a total of 82 games. I'm trying to sympathize, and I do, but there's just no comparison. What happened here was unprecedented, at least as far as I know.

 

[Rhal]

They'll need him to gimp along for three years first. And the bust 'once in a generation' player needs to have surgeries for like five years in a row and play a total of 82 games. I'm trying to sympathize, and I do, but there's just no comparison. What happened here was unprecedented, at least as far as I know.

On a podcast a few months ago Bill Simmons and Steve Kerr tried to come up with a franchise as snake bitten as us (Roy/Oden/Sabonis/Bowie) and neither one could.

 

[Denny Crane]

Jay Williams and now Derrick Rose.

 

[santeesioux]

According to Woj -- Shumpert with torn ACL in left knee.

Shitty lockout season.

 

[Sinobas]

On a podcast a few months ago Bill Simmons and Steve Kerr tried to come up with a franchise as snake bitten as us (Roy/Oden/Sabonis/Bowie) and neither one could.

Bill Walton.....game 7 of the 2000 WCF....not to mention all of the close losses and collapses during the Drexler era....


The only other franchise I can think of that might come in 2nd is is the Magic, who lost Shaq as a FA, and had Hardaway's career cut short. They also had a superstar in T-Mac who was severly diminished due to injury.

But I can't think of any franchise who has had as bad a luck with injuries. 4 franchise centers.....

 

[Rhal]

Bill Walton.....game 7 of the 2000 WCF....not to mention all of the close losses and collapses during the Drexler era....


The only other franchise I can think of that might come in 2nd is is the Magic, who lost Shaq as a FA, and had Hardaway's career cut short. They also had a superstar in T-Mac who was severly diminished due to injury.

But I can't think of any franchise who has had as bad a luck with injuries. 4 franchise centers.....

You forgot Grant Hill with the Magic when he had all those knee problems and almost died from a staff infection.
Can't really blame Shaq leaving on the magic, they tried lowballing him like 3 times before and horrible media about him being selfish and wanting huge money when he wasn't worth it. I don't think the magic ever offered more then 60 mill.
T-Mac and Yao with the Rockets is close but they were pretty solid before that.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

The early 90's were an odd time for NBA contracts, a transition period between the 1-2mil a year contracts and the 10-20mil a year balloon contracts. I can see a new owner without much skin in the game looking at historical contracts and offering Shaq a contract that would today be seen as worse than an insult. But to him, it probably was in the 80th percentile for contracts offered in 1990-1994.

 

[PapaG]

Up 12 points, 1:10 left, and Thibs has Rose still in the game.

Completely unnecessary, and you have to fault the coach for this, at least in part.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I like Rose and I feel bad for him. But fuck the Bulls and their fans. I have had enough of their BS to last me a life time.